Japan, obviously, eats a lot of rice, but the country also eats a lot of rices. Head to the rice aisle in a Japanese grocery store and you’ll find a large variety of domestic rice breeds for sale, ...

First it was European infant formula, then New Zealand milk. Now Chinese consumers are adding Japanese rice to the list of everyday foods they will bring in from abroad at luxury-good prices because ...

Faced with shortages and rising prices for domestic rice, many Japanese are doing what was once unthinkable — buying a foreign variety. By John Yoon and Hisako Ueno John Yoon reported from a ...